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IBM AIX: openssh_advisory13 (CVE-2019-6111): Vulnerabilities in OpenSSH affect AIX

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 31, 2019
Added
Jul 17, 2019
Modified
May 31, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to the scp implementation being derived from 1983 rcp, the server chooses which files/directories are sent to the client. However, the scp client only performs cursory validation of the object name returned (only directory traversal attacks are prevented). A malicious scp server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can overwrite arbitrary files in the scp client target directory. If recursive operation (-r) is performed, the server can manipulate subdirectories as well (for example, to overwrite the .ssh/authorized_keys file).

Solution

ibm-aix-openssh_advisory13
Title
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